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    [Verb]  | "dive" | \ ˈdīv \


    1: to plunge into water intentionally and especially headfirst; also : to execute a dive

    2: submerge

    3: to come or drop down precipitously : plunge


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English diven, duven, from Old English dȳfan to dip & dūfan to dive; akin to Old English dyppan to dip ;

    [Verb]  | "free dive" 


    1: to swim beneath the surface of water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device and typically with a face mask and one or two flippers : to engage in free diving


    Origin: 1955 ;

    [Verb]  | "pow*er-dive" | \ ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌdīv \


    1: to make a power dive

    2: to cause to power-dive


    Origin: 1937 ;

    [Verb]  | "skin-dive" | \ ˈskin-ˌdīv \


    1: to swim beneath the surface of water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device and typically with a face mask and one or two flippers : free-dive


    Origin: 1936 ;

    [Noun]  | "crash dive" 


    1: a dive made by a submarine in the least possible time


    Origin: 1918 ;

    [Noun]  | "nose*dive" | \ ˈnōz-ˌdīv \


    1: a downward nose-first plunge of a flying object (such as an airplane)

    2: a sudden extreme drop


    Origin: 1912 ;

    [Noun]  | "scuba diver" 


    1: one who swims underwater with the aid of scuba gear


    Origin: 1958 ;

    [Verb]  | "dived" 


    1: to cast oneself head first into deep water;


      * e.g., " ... we watched her dive in after the drowning man "





    2: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed "



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    [Verb]  | "dive" 


    1: to cast oneself head first into deep water;


      * e.g., " ... we watched her dive in after the drowning man "





    2: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed "



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    [Verb]  | "dive (into)" 


    1: to start work on energetically;


      * e.g., " ... the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks "



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    [Verb]  | "dived (in)" 


    [Verb]  | "nose-dived" 


    1: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... prices on just about everything nose-dived right after the holidays "





    [Verb]  | "nose-dive" 


    1: to go to a lower level especially abruptly;


      * e.g., " ... prices on just about everything nose-dived right after the holidays "





    [Noun]  | "nosedive" 


    1: the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude;


      * e.g., " ... the pilot struggled to pull his plane out of a nosedive "





     [ "dived" ]

    1: A kiwi slang term used to describe a downward trend.

      * e.g.,  ... Man: Yo dove, did you see that stock market? Man 2: Ya na Man: yeah bro I reckon it dived Man 2: Balls 

     [ "Dive" ]

    1: A ghettofied hole in the wall bar where the poor and downtrodden alcoholics of america go to drink disounted mini-pitchers and listen to tired David alan Coe songs.

      * e.g.,  ... JC and Steve were kicked out of another Dive for spitting on the floor. 

     [ "dive" ]

    1: Informal, relaxed, "neighborhood" bar or restaurant. Sometimes cool, sometimes shitty.

      * e.g.,  ... What are you watching? 

     [ "dive" ]

    1: A run down, cheap, unclean restaurant or hotel.

      * e.g.,  ... That McDonalds is such a dive! 

     [ "dive" ]

    1: To 'take a dive' is to 'throw' a fight or sportng match by purposely fighting/playing poorly.

      * e.g.,  ... In 'Snatch', the 'Pikey' (Brad Pitt) was supposed to 'take a dive' in the 4th round. 

     [ "dive" ]

    1:  to proceed downward rapidly through the air headfirst, usually into a swimming pool, sometimes into a person, sometimes into cement.

      * e.g.,  ...  That was a very painful dive, but we could sell his face on E-bay. 


     [ "dive" ]

    2:  not the best of bars, restarants or hotels, usually very ghetto in appearance

      * e.g.,  ...  Being in this dive pisses me off so much, I'm a blow the shit up! Get the fuck out! 


     [ "dive" ]

    3:  a cool, very Japanese DDR song

      * e.g.,  ...  I believe that I have just AA'd Dive Single Heavy. Hooray for me. I am so not AZN!!!! 


     [ "dive" ]

    4:

     [ "diving" ]

    1: 1a. Gymnastics like aquatic sport, most participants are of Asian decent. Becuase they are the shit at diving.

      * e.g.,  ... swimmer: What time do you have diving practice this afternoon? 


     [ "diving" ]

    2: 1b. Throwing yourself involentarially off of high platforms and contemplating why the whole way down.

      * e.g.,  ... diver: 2pm just like you. 


     [ "diving" ]

    3: 2a. A sport mostly associated with swimming, but the only simalarity is the water.

      * e.g.,  ... 2 and a half hours later after practice... 


     [ "diving" ]

    4: 2b. A sport that, like swimming, requires you to paractice more than once a day at the most obsurd and early hours of the morning.

      * e.g.,  ... diver:How was your diving practice? 


     [ "diving" ]

    5:  Most swimmers are jealous of divers because they are more graceful and their practices have more meaning than swimming practice.

      * e.g.,  ... swimmer: barrying myself alive would have been more fun! How was yours? 

     [ "Diving" ]

    1: The voluntary act of a player of association football or soccer in the U.S where he or she falls unexpectedly as to gain the free kick or penalty for their own team. Divers are looked down upon in the community of football and will usually be given a card for their actions. If a very obvious dive is noticed, the player might even be fined by FIFA.

      * e.g.,  ... "Diving is ruining football" 

     [ "a dive" ]

    1: a slightly scruffy place of ill repute

      * e.g.,  ... the place seemed a dive. 

     [ "dive in" ]

    1: To go have sex with a girl.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm looking for a slut to dive in tonight.. zaaaaaa 

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